Charles Robert HILFORD

Regimental number56300
OccupationInsurance agent
Next of kinWife, Mrs Florence Hilford, 260 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Mokoia on 13 August 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Eleanor Margaret Hilford, Parahaki Street, Whangarei; Wife: Florence Hilford, Samford Road, Gaythorne, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 5